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California set a goal for dairy manure’s role in climate change

California set a goal for dairy manure’s role in climate change - Dairy News 7X7

A new report says the state’s dairy farmers are on track to cut emissions enough to meet 2030 climate goals. About half of the reduction could come from converting manure into a gas that does less harm than petroleum-based sources. Stanislaus County is among the leaders in this venture so far. The report was released […]

Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution

Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution - Dairy News 7X7

With 6,000 dairy cows, 5,000 beef cattle and thousands of tons of apples, potatoes and cherries produced annually, Royal Dairy in Royal City, Washington, uses hundreds of millions of gallons of water per year. All that water, once used, carries animal waste, pathogens and environmentally harmful chemicals, like nitrate, that can contaminate groundwater and contribute […]

A dairy farm in Trenton in USA is turning cow poop into profits

A dairy farm in Trenton in USA is turning cow poop into profits - Dairy News 7X7

According to the USDA, dairy cows can produce 80 pounds of manure per day. Jan Henderson grew up in a farming household. “My grandfather was a dairy farmer in Western New York. My dad was a dairy farmer in Western New York. We moved to Florida and relocated our dairy farm in 1986,” she said. […]